Holder



G. MORGAN July 1, 1930.

HOLDER Filed Nov. 7, 1928 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

UNITED STA GEORGE MORGAN, or BrNeHAMro v, NEW YORK Application filed November 7, 1928. Serial No. 317,801.

HOLDER This invention relates to spring clips for,

removably attaching cards, tags and like ticles, the invention being especially adapted for attaching information cards to containers used in shoe factories when carrying goods from one department to another.

Another object'of-the invention is the provision of a clip by means of which a card may be inserted either sidewise, or endwise, or from beneath or above the clip, so as to save time in attaching the cards.

. Another object of the invention is the provision of a clip which is constructed from a single length of material and provide the advantageous features above noted, and in addition, provide a spring tongue which bears upon the clip.

' With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the invention in use.

Figure 2 is a longltudinal sectional view showing the position of the holder when not in use, a portion of a container being illustrated by broken lines.

shaped to I Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a' slightly different form ofthe invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character indicates the base of the holder which is constructed of a single length of spring metal. The base is turned obliquely at one end as indicated at 11 and bent upon itself and extended inward to provide an arm 12. This arm is parallel with the base 10 and its inner end is bent outward to provide a retaining tongue 13 which engages the arm 12 and inner portion from the arm and provides an entrance the 14 of said tongue is spaced The end of a card may be inserted through this entrance and held between said arm 12 and the intermediate portion of the tongue. A card may also be inserted sidewise from the end of the clip and for this purpose,

the

itself as shown in the drawings.

extremity of the tongue is curved outward as shown at 16 and cooperates with the offset portion 11 to provide a card entrance 17.

The opposite end of the base 10 has extending therefrom a spring reinforcing tongue 18 which is formed by bending the material upon The free end of the tongue 18 extends over the inner portion 14: of the tongue 13- and provides an auxiliary spring.

The device just described and shown in Figures 1 and2 of the drawings is especially designed to be placed upon a box or con.- tainer and may be attached to the inside of the box near the upper open edge of the latter. When not in use, the holder is turned downward within the box as indicated in Figure 2 and when in use is swung pivotally upward and retained in upstanding position by means of a fastening device 19, the holder being per- 7 manently attached to a container or other support 20 by a screw or fastening device 21.

In Figure 3, the holder is formed from a single piece of resilient material and comprises a base 22 which is bent upon itself to form an arm. This arm includes a straight portion 23 parallel with and yi-eldingly engaging the base, and an ofiset or loop portion 24;. This latter portion together with the base provides a card entrance opening 25 to so permit of the insertion of the end of a card. The arm has extending from the opposite end of the straight portion 23, an outwardly curved extremity 26, while the adjacent end of the base 22 is provided with a rightangled flange 27. This flange is provided with openings 28 for the passage of fastening devices to permit the clip to be secured in position. card may also be inserted between the base and flatportion 23 of the arm through the v siiient metal shaped to provide a flat base having an oblique portion at one end, said base being bent upon itself at its oblique end to provide an arm disposed parallel with the outer face of the base, a retaining tongue extending from the inner end of the arm, said tongue having its intermediate portion engaging the outer face of the arm and its inner portion spaced from said arm to provide for the entrance of a card, an outwardly curved extremity at the outer end of the tongue defining with the portion of said arm adjacent said oblique portion, a card entrance and means to attach the opposite end of the base to a support.

2. A clip formed froma single length of resilient metal shaped to provide a flat base, said base being bent upon itself at one end to provide an arm disposed parallel With the outer face of the base, a retaining tongue extending from the inner end of the arm, said tongue having a portion spaced from said arm to provide for the entrance of a card, an outwardly curved extremity at the outer end of the tongue defining with the portion of said arm adjacent to the first mentioned end, a

,carn entrance and a resilient reinforcing spring tongue extending from the other end of the base and having its free end engaging over the first mentioned tongue.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE MORGAN. 

